Specs wise, it uses an Atom N270 processor (1.6GHz), 1 or 2GB RAM, GMA 950 graphics, has a front loading CF card slot and also a 2.5-inch bay for SSDs/HDDs with up to 500GB capacity. Further to that is optional WiFi support, four USB 2.0 ports, DVI output and dual Gigabit Ethernet.

Stealth Computers are shipping the LPC-395F for as low as $795 USD, but that's without a HDD and only 1GB of RAM.

When we reviewed the original ASRock ION 330-BD Nettop after we saw it displayed at Computex, we were suitably impressed by a solid little computer that could smoothly playback Blu-ray HD movies and impress with a good price and stunning looks and build quality.

The good news for fans of these type of small, yet capable home theater computers is that ASRock is preparing its second generation ION nettop, called the ION330-HT-BD. We were contacted recently about getting a review done for them, but thought we would cut in early and give you some early details about the product.

Visually, the device looks almost the same as the first ION 330-BD, but it adds in a few important features that were missing from the first device such as WiFi, DTS, powered eSATA port, MCE remote control and EuP 2.0.

Check out the DM sales pitch sheets below for more details on the product.

Details have come about pertaining to Apple's new range of Mac Minis. Performance will be superior thanks to the use of faster 2.26GHz or 2.53 GHz Core 2 Duo CPUs along with 2 or 4GB of memory and a 160 or 320GB HDD. You can even ask for a 1TB drive but then you'll have to give up the optical drive.

With much demand for it, Apple have also decided to offer OS X Server as an official option, too.

Pricing is said to remain consistant with the base model coming in at $599.

The folks at PC Perspective were fortunate enough to get their mits on Dell's new Windows 7 based "Studio One" all-in-one PC and took both video and plenty of pics of the unit in action.

This all-in-one PC is designed in to be nearly completely wireless (power still required) and integrates an optical touchscreen interface for a unique interactive experience. I put together a short video review of the unit included below that looks at the Dell Studio One design, the touchscreen technology and how it works with Windows 7 today, general purpose computing on the machine and more.

A summary of the specs include the use of an Intel Pentium E5200 dual-core processor (2.5GHz) running on NVIDIA's ION chipset (GeForce 9400M), 3GB of memory, a 320Gb 2.5-inch HDD, DVD+RW slot loading drive, four USB ports, Gigabit Ethernet and built in webcam.

All in all, this unit appears to have some pretty nice features with its optical touchscreen interface and it looks pretty sleek, too. Definitely a unit like this is ideal in say a kitchen area or some such.

Our Deal of the Day today is the Newegg - Recertified HP MediaSmart EX475 w/ Windows Home Server for only $269.99 Shipped Free!.

Offer: What is this HP MediaSmart and why would you want it? The HP MediaSmart EX475 gives you (of course) storage space for your files, but it's much more than that. It lets you do network-wide automated backups, it centralizes your media files, and it streams it out to other devices at home, and allows you access to them on any Windows-based computer in the world with internet.

You get a lot of server for the money. It comes with Windows Home Server, AMD Sempron 1.8GHz processor, 512MB DDR2 RAM, 1TB hard drive, 4 USB & 1 eSATA expansion ports. The HP MediaSmart EX475 is considered one of the best servers out there!

Word on AMD's imminent arrival of its Congo ultra-thin platform has just come out that that we should see it wrapped up late this month or early next. It was originally slated for a July launch but calls for ultra-thins at the time were few.

Although AMD has not yet announced the Congo platform, Hewlett-Packard (HP) has already launched s 12.1-inch ultra-thin notebook (DV2-1113AX) in Taiwan at a price at NT$25,000 (US$776.24) that features an Athlon Neo MV-40 CPU (that will be used in the Congo platform) combined with the RS690E chipset from the Yukon platform.

AMD also plans to launch two more ultra-thin platforms over the next two years, these codenamed Nile and Brazos. A further note lets us know AMD is on track to bring out its traditional notebook platform Tigris just after the launch of Windows 7. This will sport a 45nm processor which could be a Sempron M100, Athlon II M300, Turion II M500 or Turion II Ultra M600 series.

According to Wikipedia, Google is using a camera that is capable of scanning Google Books (the company's online digitized collection) at an alarming rate of 1,000 pages per hour.

While that sounds like quite a healthy pace, it's got nothing on the scanning device a very skilled team at the University of Tokyo have managed to put together; said to be capable of scanning a 1,000 page book in just four minutes!

The core component of the device is a high-speed camera that can make 500 shots in a single second and is based on infrared laser technology. Users are required to manually flip the pages under the camera, which then makes shots of the print material. The device is able to scan everything that's printed on paper, from character written in latin or other languages to graphs or photos.

Pine Trail moves the Pineview CPU and both the memory and graphics controllers onto a single chipset, to be accompanied by a separate I/O controller called Tiger Point. That, Intel claim, means power requirements are reduced, speed is increased and heat output drops; admittedly, those factors might be more useful in a netbook, where you could squeeze out more runtime from a battery or even go fanless.

Two new all-in-one PCs have surfaced from Gateway today, both of which run Windows 7 and use multi-touch capable touchscreen displays. Both the Gateway One ZX6800 and ZX4800 respectively use a 23-inch and 20-inch display with resolutions of 1920 x 1080 and 1,600 x 900.

Meanwhile the cheaper ZX4800 uses a Pentium dual core 2.1GHz CPU with 4GB of RAM, Intel GMA X4500HD graphics, a 750GB hard-drive and the same connectivity of its faster sibling. However it doesn't have the SSD or TV tuner options.

Both models are said to become available by late this month/early next with the X6800 carrying an expected price tag of $1,399 U.S. and the X4800 $749 U.S.

Intel have put into swing their Core i7 Custom Desktop Challenge as of October 5 which allows participants to sign up online and be in with a chance to pick up some nice prizes such as Intel processors, a netbook, Flip HD camcorder, 160GB SSDs and more.

Interested participants can submit entries from Oct. 5 through 11:59 p.m. PST on Nov. 16. Final submissions will be judged on five factors by a panel of judges comprised of sponsors, Intel employees and industry experts. Contestants will be awarded up to ten points per factor, for a total of 50 points. The five factors are:

For contest info and registation, head over to the official contest site here. Keep in mind, in order to participate you must be over 18 years of age and reside in Belgium, Canada (except Quebec), Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom or the United States.